Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 8, 1983 Blue Lines r East-West college hockey .. . ...World Series on ice By MIKE MCGRAW VER NOTICE that college hockey is a lot like major league baseball? You probably haven't, but it is. In baseball, you have the National and American Leagues, where the teams in each league play each other only in the post-season. Also, the Nationals have dominated the Americans during the last 10 years or so. Plus the AL has the designated hitter. There isn't a DH in hockey, but in the other aspects the two sports are very similar. For example, in college hockey there are two distincet and seperate groups of teams: those in the East and their counterparts in the West. The eastern contingent is made up of 17 schools that form the three divisions of the East Coast Athletic Conference. While in the West there is the six-team Western Collegiate Athletic Association and the 11-school Central Collegiate Hockey Association giving that area 17 teams as well. These conferences play their own schedules and playoffs and when all that is over the top four teams in the east play the top four in the west in the first round of the NCAA tournament. If this isn't similar enough to baseball, the western teams have won the NCAA championship 10 out of the last 11 years. Sound familiar? Last weekend at Yost Arena the regions collided when Michigan took on the University of New Ham- pshire in the type of series that, in baseball, is sup- posed to be played in Florida or Arizona before the season starts. Actually, those were the first games for the Wildcats from Durham, N.H. but the Wolverines were just filling the space on their schedule that was occupied by Notre Dame before the Irish dropped their hockey program at the end of last season. New Hampshire's Charlie Holt has been coaching at that eastern school for 15 years and has seen a lot of teams on both sides of the Appalachian Mountains but doesn't see any differences in play between the two areas as a whole - such as the stereotype that western schools are physical while east teams have more finesse players. "There are no differences, except between teams," Holt said. "Michigan plays the body a lot more than MSU or Bowling Green. Also Wisconsin has always been good, but they're not very phvsical." But you can't really deny the fact that the West has been more successful than the East as far as cham- pionships go. The West does, however, have an ad- vantage in the fact that six of the ECAC schools are Ivy League and don't give scholarships. Plus they get a lot more Canadian players. "Iathink winning the championship is just a case of having the right combination," said Holt. "The scholarship schools have a better opportunity to get the best players. Also Ontario is very accessible for the CCHA, but we can't really draw from Quebec because of the language barrier."~ But the East will have a chance to redeem itself next March at Lake Placid in the Late-Winter Classic (a.k.a. the NCAA Championship). After all, the American League did win the World Series this year. Now if they only played a hockey all-star game in the middle of the season... gaei em INTERNATIONAL CAREER? A representative will be on the campus TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1983 to discuss qualifications for advanced study at AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL and lob opportunities in the field of INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Interviews may be scheduled at CAREER PLANNING and PLACEMENT/3200 Student Activities Building AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Thunderbird Campus Glendale, Arizona 85306 Ski club, no last resort By SCOTT DIMETROSKY Although it is only November, Michigan skiers are already- planning for the upcoming ski season. Last night, at the Union, the Michigan Ski Club held its first meeting. The club is actually a combination of two smaller ski clubs. Last year, Scott Hovarter, a transfer student from School Craft Community College, star- ted Michigan's first official ski club. Jim McCullough, meanwhile, had been busy planning ski trips and running an informal club. The two combined their memberships into one all-inclusive ski club. The turn-out for their ski club was tremendous, with over 200 members joining in its first year. The club's largest outing of the year, a week long trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, had 90 people go along. Hovarter hopes to even have more members this year. The ski club plans to expand its ac- tivities this year to include more than just ski trips. For one thing, the club hopes to sponsor workshops on how to buy skis, how to care for skis and possibly even provide ski lessons. The workshops and lessons will be handled by McCullough, who served as captain of the ski team the past two years but is ineligible to race this year. "Not many skiers know much about the sport," McCullough said, "and I feel I have lots of resources to give and I like teaching." year's trip to Jackson Hole included beer on the bus ride, wine and cheese parties on the slopes and a great time for all. A trip to Boyne Mountain was sponsored by the National Collegiate Ski Association(NCSA), who rented out the entire mountain to a host of college ski clubs. According to Hovarter, there was a "party atmosphere" the whole weekend of the trip. This year the ski club is planning a number of trips. On the weekend of December 16 there will be a trip to Boyne Mountain, while over Christmas there will be a trip to Steamboat, Colorado. Over spring break the club will be going either to Colorado or Utah. Membership in the Michigan Ski Club is six dollars, andthat includes mem- bership to the NCSA which provides discounts at major ski resorts across the country. Those interested in joining the club, or signing up for one of the trips, should call McCullough at 665- 0018. It might only be November, but skiers are thinking snow. Michigan freshman Brad Jones (left) in Hampshire's Paul Barton during last w the battle, the Wolverines won the war, s CCHA Sci The ski club also hopes to have bi- monthly get-togethers for its members. If it can, the club will also sponsor ski films. "We hope to promote skiing as much as possible," Hovarter said. And, of course, the ski club will also sponser ski trips, clearly the most out- standing of the club's activities. Last CCHA STANDINGS Overall 1) Ohio State (8-0)....... 2) Bowling Green (7-1). 3) Michigan State )6-2) ... 4) Lake Superior (5-4) .... 5) Northern Mich. (3-5)... 6) MICHIGAN.(5-4) ...... 7) Ferris State (6-3) ...... 8) Michigan Tech (5-2-1).. 9) Illinois-Chicago (2-6) ... 10) Western Mich. (3-5) ... 11) Miami (1-7).......... W 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 L 0 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 6 Pct 1.000 833 .667 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .333 .167 .000 0 4 f c r i A project of LSA Student Government Free University Lectures on Social Change TODAY Residential College Professor Ann Lorimore on Thinking About Decentralization" Tuesday, November 8th - 4 p.m. CANTERBURY LOFT 332 S. STATE, SECOND FLOOR Next Week: November 15th, Mark Chesler on "The University" Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER ixes it up with the University of New eekend's action. Even if Barton won weeping the series, 3-2 and 5-4. crecard WMPL Hocker Poll PTS 1) Ohio State (2) ........ .87. 2) Minnesota (4) .. ...8 3) North Dakota (2). .82 4) Bowling Green (2)....82 5) Providence......41 6) Michigan State.....40 7) Boston University....35 8) RPI..........15 9) Michigan Teh.....19 Tie Wisconsin......19 CCHA scores Michigan 3-5, New Hampshire 2(0T) -4 Bowling Green 7-5, Michigan state 4-3 Ohio State 6-3, Ferris State 3-1 Northern Michigan 6-9, Miamhi 5 2- llini.hicago 4-3, Lake Superior 3(OT)-.10 rr iers po i e related to our young runners' fear of running in their first Big Ten Meet." Goodridge was particularly disap- pointed with the fact that the team did not beat Illinois (sixth place), Indiana (seventh place) and Ohio State (eighth place). "If we had beaten Illinois, Indiana and Ohio State and taken sixth, I would have been satisfied," said Goodridge. "I think we should have beaten those three." The harriers now have four days left to practice for this Saturday's district meet in East Lansing. Goodridge hopes her team can rebound strongly and finish ahead of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio State at the meet. IM Scores Independent The Crib 20, Bullwangers 16 The Plow 16, v-i Stoners 6 MMB 20, Lenny Bruisers 0 BAMF 22, Mc's 6 Arbory Pirates 14, Mehoffs 8 Lakers 26, AT&T 0 Desperados over Rambling Ricks (first downs) Foreskins 12, Non Daily Creamers 6 Bruisers 18, Reach the Beach 0 Dalai Lamar 6. Joe Bell's Unlimited 0 Myrons 14, Cruisers 6 Residence Hall Elliot Airborne over Rotuing Rodents (first down) Julius and the Caesars 8, 4th Hamilton 6 Bursley Elitest 40, Rumsey Gold 'A' 0 A.L. Argonarts 24, E.Q. Radicals 0 Fraternity A Phi Delta Theta 14, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 0 Alpha Tau Omega 6, Psi Upsilon 0 Evans Scholars 26, Phi Gamma Delta 0 Chi Psi 8, Sigma Chi 6' Triangle 12, Zeta Psi 6 Kappa Alpha Psi 18, Delta Chi 0 Kappa Sigma 6, Alpha Epsilon Pi 0 Theta Chi 42, Phi Kappa Tau 0 B Theta Delta Chi 8, Evans Scholars 0 Phi Gamma Delta 14, Zeta Psi 0 A lp h a S ig m a P h i 1 4, C h i P si 6 N USED U.S. MILITARY Runners eye regionals By SCOTT SALOWICH After finishing second to Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten Championships, the Michigan men's cross country team is preparing for the NCAA District Championships this Saturday at East Lansing. There will be 27 teams competing at Michigan State. with the top four finishers earning spots in the National Championships the following weekend at Lehigh University. Saturday's field will be made up of all the Big Ten teams plus 17 major independent schools from the Wolverine's district. WOLVERINE COACH Ron Warhurst hopes his team's familiarity with the MSU course will give them an advan- tage over opponents like Illinois and Purdue, who have not run on it as often. "Michigan belongs to the strongest conference and most competitive district in the country," said Warhurst, who predicted his squad could finish second in the meet. Warhurst, however, is not optimistic about beating out Wisconsin. "They are the best in the country and they ran great last week," he said. The Badgers are the defending Big Ten and NCAA Champions and they returned their en- tire team from last year. ALTHOUGH WARHURST expressed some disappointment with the 12th place finish of Brian Diemer in last Saturday's meet, he noted that, "Even if Diemer had come in third, we still wouldn't have won. Hopefully he will move up in this week's event." The Wolverine coach was pleased with the performance of Dave Meyer, who topped his team with a time of 24:05, good for 11th in the meet. "He finished first at Lehigh (on October 8) and has run two great races this season," said Warhurst. --- --- --- ------- -- r &k i1"A0 I-I I I I I I I I I I I I I CANTERBURY LOFT MEDITATION AT NOON People of any spiritual path, or none, are welcome at a ten minute time of silence for meditation-at Canterbury Loft on class days. This is an opportunity to dedicate the studying, teaching, working, we do each day to the service of humanity. We will gather just before noon and share a silent meditation-from 12:05 to 12:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Loft is located on the second floor at 332 S. State Street, two doors south of Nickel's Arcade. You are welcome to join us, beginning Wednesday, November 9th, on any class day at noon. This Week's Games Michigan at Michigan Tech Illinois-Chicago at Bowling Green Miami(S) vs. Ohio State(F) Northern Michigan at Michigan State Lake Superior at Ferris State New Hampshire at Western Michigan* *Non-Conference Women ha to ninth in By MIKE REDSTONE Women's cross country coach Francie Goodridge anticipated a tough fight to finish for the top five spots at the Big Ten championship meet in Champaign last Saturday. She did not, however, anticipate finishing ninth out of the ten team field. "I'M TERRIBLY disappointed and not satisfied with the team's perfor- mance," said Goodridge, whose team finished third in the Big Ten and eighth in the nation last year. Goodridge attributes the poor showing to a combination of inex- perience as well as to injuries to the team's only experienced runner, Sue Schroeder and Judy Yuhn. Yuhn sat out the meet because of an injury and Schroeder was coming off a foot injury which had forced her to miss several weeks at practice before Satur- day's meet. CathytSchmidt, who came to Michigan this year as a transfer student, was the first Wolverine to break the tape, finishing 25th overall in the 70 runner field. SCHROEDER and Kelli Bert finished second and third for the Wolverines and finished in 45th and 46th place respec- tively. Michigan, which finished over 150 points behind Wisconsin's winning total of 52 points, was also hurt by a tactical mistake according to Goodridge. "Sue (Schroeder) and Cathy (Sch- midt) started pushing too early in the race and lost it at the end," said Goodridge. "Sue ran herself out because she is not up to full strength yet because of her injury." GOODRIDGE was disappointed with her younger runners' times, despite their inexperience. "We were by far the youngest team out there and it showed," said Goodridge. 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